wise guy
Noun
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Noun
wise guy (plural wise guys)
- One who is insolent or flippant; one who makes jokes or perpetrates pranks.
- Her reputation for being a wise guy made her new teachers hesitant about having her in their classes.
- A knowledgable or successful sports bettor.
- (slang) A member of the Mafia; a mobster.
- (slang) A hipster.
- (one who is insolent or flippant) know-it-all, know-all
- (one who is insolent or flippant) smart aleck
- (one who is insolent or flippant) smarty
- (one who is insolent or flippant) wisecracker
- (one who is insolent or flippant) wisenheimer
- French: petit rigolo
- German: Naseweis, Rotznase, Schlaumeier, Neunmalkluger, Bessewisser
- Italian: insolente, smargiasso, sapientone, fanfarone, spaccone
- Spanish: vivo
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